Wrathion hums agreement, climbing over a fallen branch.

"He gave all the appearance of a tragic, pitiable figure. A young prince, sick since birth, supposedly no desire for the throne. He helped evacuation convoys and healing efforts, visited the wounded often. The truth, it seemed, was different. He had a darker edge to his personality that all of that was hiding."

Obsessive, violent, manipulative, smart enough certainly to know all of that -- although likely entirely out of his mind too. Perhaps that makes him pitiable to some degree, but Wrathion ran out of pity.